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Kinesiology Programs: BKP
The Basic Kinesiology Program (click here for BKP outline)
is a stand-alone course giving you powerful basic kinesiology
techniques for use on yourself and with family and friends.
In addition, it will provide you with a solid foundation in
kinesiology, which you can build on as you become confident.
The BKP form is the Foundation Training of the PKP
Certification Program and the ICPKP Diploma of Kinesiology.
Who Will This Training Benefit
The BKP is aimed at anyone focused on achieving optimum health and peak performance in all areas of their lives. It offers an exciting and honorable career path for people wishing to enter the health industry as well as an opportunity for existing health practitioners to enhance their skills and build their practice. Anyone can learn BKP.
The first 10 units of the NZ National Diploma in Kinesiology is the Basic Kinesiology Program (BKP). These units are shown in the PKP wheel as the center-portion. Consider this the hub.
Basic Kinesiology Program Course Content (click here for BKP outline)
The certificate in BKP is taught over 10 Diploma Registration Units (DRU's) accumulating 300 hours of kinesiology studies.
150 hours in class and 150 hours of self and peer directed study. For each DRU , the student has a training manual and assessment journal. All BKP students will be given a unique ID which will allow them to access the student forum on the internet at www.icpkp.com where they will be able to discuss their learning and homework with other students from around the world.
There are 15 hours in the classroom for each unit and 15-20 hours of self and peer review and practice. Equal credit is given for this time, which the faculty regards as the most important time for building both confidence and competence.
BKP
PKP
Touch for Health
The central section of the chart represents the 10 units of the Basic Kinesiology Programme (BKP). Each workshop comprises about 28 hours of training. About half of this you do in the classroom with the teacher (ICPKP Faculty Member) and the remainder you complete by working with classmates, friends who become willing volunteers, and on this website where you can compare notes with other students working on the same units. (Some of these will be in exciting countries overseas.)
BKP 101 - 110 (click here for BKP outline) will provide you with a solid foundation in kinesiology on which you can build the skills needed to become a practitioner (see BKP outline). The workshops are designed to be fun, easy and progressively add to your skills. Anybody can take BKP. Mums, dads, students looking for a career, or mature folk looking for an escape from the 9 - 5 grind to business of their own. Anyone with a high school education and a willingness to learn, explore, and grow can take BKP.
The Next Steps:
Each wedge of the chart represents a subject that you study once you complete the basics. For example ECO represents the Personal Ecology side of life, or the way we interface with our environment. EMS represents the emotional and spiritual issues that we explore. It is one of the larger areas of study.
Below is a list of the areas we study in the PKP Certification Programme. Let's work around the circle:
A&P Anatomy and Physiology section of Kinesiology.
EMS Here we explore the emotional and spiritual issues that we face daily, and find new choices and healthy options.
PIB In this section of study we look at the way we perform, how well we are integrated, and our instinctual behaviours.
OCT This section covers areas that are common to many natural therapies. For example: cultural sensitivity in a professional health practice.
JAF How are joints, adrenals and flexibility related? Here is where we explore the relationships.
ECO Represents the Personal Ecology side of life or the way we interface with our environment and things like nutrition and exercise enhancement.
BFR Business, finance and records is a third level unit, not because it is hard but because we don't need it until we are nearing the time we move into a clinic.
VEF the area where we look at Flower Essences and other more metaphysical issues.
MHP Where we look at meridians and holographic perception.
BVL The area related to blood, viscera and lymph
PDG The pelvic diaphragm and pelvic girdle are areas with the potential to cause pain and distress. We explore physical and metaphysical aspects.
RBT This where we look at the regional body trigger points
HMR The study of hypertonic muscle release can enable us to help athletes who have muscles that do not release when they need to.
MST Muscles, skin, and other tissues are the area we look at here. We learn how to work with shoulders, wrists, knees and other areas where muscles ache.